The FBI’s request for Apple to hack an iPhone owned by one of the San Bernardino shooters has drawn criticism from many of the tech industries heavyweights.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak also spoke out against the FBI on the Conan O’Brien show on Monday, saying: “I side with Apple on this one. [The FBI] picked the lamest case you ever could.”

Wozniak added: “Verizon turned over all the phone records and SMS messages. So they want to take this other phone that the two didn’t destroy, which was a work phone. It’s so lame and worthless to expect there’s something on it and to get Apple to expose it.”

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and various other silicon valley executives have shared similar sentiments.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates supported the FBI for a short period of time before backtracking and suggesting during a Reddit AmA:

“I think there needs to be a discussion about when the government should be able to gather information. What if we had never had wiretapping? Also the government needs to talk openly about safeguards.”

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